CaddisfliesCaddisflies: a major study of one of the most important aquatic insects entomology, fly tying, and proven fishing techniques. By Gary LaFontaine. "Throughout fly fishing history," says the author in his introduction to this important book, "caddisflies have been treated as if they were less important than mayflies. They have been the drab sisters, disparaged or ignored, in the literature. On the stream they have been a puzzle that anglers have chosen

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Adams's writing is a blend of technical expertise and personal anecdote

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